New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-02
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
CHINESE FRAUDS THE FRUIT CROP-A
GREAT MINING SCHEME.
TRIRIrNr l

GREAT MINING SCHEME.
1zY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1.-The cable car strike
remains unchanged. The companies declare they
will make concessions and Will never
employ any of the strikers who have at
tempted to destroy the road. 1t now looks ms
though the threat Of a general tie-up was a mere
bluff, the Knights of Labor being unable to secure
the cooperation of other street-car men. 1t Is
never safe to predict anything In regard to San
Francisco STRIKE but the bottom seems to have
! fallen out of this
Governor Stoneman has sgnalizcd his last days
in Office by general clean of most of the con-
vets whose pardOns recommended by the
| State Board of Prison Directors. During this week
he has pardoned six murderers. three burglars, one
! highway rObber. one fOrger and three embezzlers,
among whom were several aggravated cases like
the Rev. w. +. Morrison the preacher who killed
off dummy members of the Order of Chosen
Friends. of which he was secretary, and collected
their insurance, and James Dods the defaulting
| clerk of Alameda County, who stole $4,000.
There was no good for any of these pardons,
and the charge is openly made that some one in
the Governors official household has prohted By
this wholesale pardon brokerage.
About two inches Of rain fell this week which
was generally distributed over tho State and did
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far is four inches against seventeen inches for the
corresponding period last year.
Special Agent Tichcnor is at worlihcre unearthing
frauds IN the admission Of Chinese into tho STATE
1t is claimed that he has secured evidence which
proves the existence Of regular traffic In return
certificates at Hong Kong by which large numbers OF
Chinese NJ brought in here year. The certli-
Gates taken out by the Chinese who do not expect to
return to California are purchas, ~ a Hong Kong
| firm. Then coolies are secured whose description
tallies with that the certificate. These coolies
| are coached in regard to San Francisco so that
they NAV answer the usual questions. The result
is that they are generally admitted The most
| lucrative business is done in importing Chinese
women for immoral purposes, as these women
| command from $500 to 1000 each. On the last
Chinese steamer no less than thirty OF these women
arrived OF whom only half had regular certificates
which evidently fitted their casos All we're young,
| and ono was five inches taller than she was
| described to be on her certificate.
| This week tho remains of little Arthur Frazer. a
! four-year old boy who mysteriously disappeared
from home last April. were found in sand bank
not far from his parents house Tho little Fellow
had evidently been playing under tho bank when 1t
cayed in ana smothered him. The mothers grief
was very great at the time of his loss and the police
secured the city for traces of the lost boy Only
his skeleton was found. but fragments OF clothing
were identified by the mother.
The negotiations between the Southern Pacific
directors and Senator Fair for the purchase of the
South Pacific Coast Railroad arc reported again to
be suspended. although from the tenor OF the
statements of both parties it is to be inferred that
the suspension is only temporary. Senator FAR
bears the reputation of being difficult man to
deal with in trade
few statistics may be given of the wine and
fruit production for the past year The vintage OF
1856 was the best as well AS the largest IN the
from 1000 900 to 1880 600 gallons OF wine. OF
which 100000 will 60 into brandy. There has
estimated that s75 OOO, 600 IL now invested IN the
wine interest In California. Equal progress has
been made in raisin culture and 1t IS predicted Dy
experts that ten years will see tho rasin crop more
valuable than the wine other fruit yield The
total product of for the year is estimated at
7O3 900 boxes. IL ia thought there are now
r 600 600 fruit trees i'll the State the net value of
the yield Of which il IS not possible TO estimate. In
dried fruit. there has been an enormous increase
md ali of II has found ready sale There has been an
increase of more than 1000 per cent over the
product of lss5 in extracted honey. The season
was fairly profitable for canned goods manufac-
tnrers both In fruits and n fish The increase was
large In both and the sale ready.
The sale Of General G rant's Memoirs has been very
large ills Coast and canvassers are still doing
well with II in some localities In all there were
90 $50 subscribers on the Coast who took both
volumes. OF these, California supplied t,2lO
Oregon, 100; asblngton lcrIltofN L. 80, anu
the Their Territories from 400 to 700 each. Even
tie Sandwich Islands furnished II subscribers
one Of tho great mining schemes in California is
n twelve mile tunnel tor draining the entire group
OF mines in Nevada City and Grand Valley. The
water power OF iuba River Ill be used TO drive
the drills and TO prOpcl the The tunnel where
in enters tho mines will be 100 feet below the
surface There has been subscribed rl.oOo,OOO
toward the expenses OF the work, but the engineer
expects to pay tie cost from ore extracted in
digging.
One Of the largest deposits OF marble in the world
has been discovered in san BernaTdiu0 County,
only three miles from the railroad. 10 covers SIX
hundred acres and no less than eleven dinercht
shades of marble are found. II can be laid down
in Los Angeles for ~ a cubic foot
Riverside. the great orange and Iaisin growing
the only large cold storage works for fruit IN tins
country The establishment Will cost 100000
and will have capacity for cooling and ship
ping ten carloads of fruit daily. lt will revolt
tioniZe the shipping of fruit TO the East, under
the new scheme oranges and other fruit may DO
allowed to ripen before picking
The total shipments of wheat by sea from san
Francisco last year were 100000 tons; exports OF
merchandise 1888. 0OO. 900 foreign importatons
Sf1. 9l1 O37; treasure shipment. Sls,7l3,6lS. The
wears wool product was 81 800. 100 pounds. The
barley crop was 80 900 900 bushels, more than
three times that OF the year before lhe growth OF
San Francisco has been steady but not brilliant.
The building engagements wero las against
1887 for 1885 and 1,127 for 1854. The Spring
Valley Water Company supplied 80, G3i families as
against 81 .7J7 In the previous year. he criminal
record is bad. san Francisco had thrty-onc muir
ders and seventy five suicides an increase OF over
also bad. no less than Az being granted against
39l for 1850
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